Gauging disaster vulnerabilities at the local level: Divergence and convergence in an "All-Hazards" system

Administration and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-371

  Caruson, Kiki ^a   MacManus, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

all hazards emergency management system; disaster risk; emergency management; natural disaster management; terrorism; vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958009973     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399711400049     Document Type: Article

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